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2 minutes ago, NotThePars said:

I think it was documented that the handsome generals with better bodies than Tom Cruise weren't happy with Trump's stunt with the bible. If they were to deploy to cities to quell unrest it wouldn't be on his lone initiative and it should nip in the bud any suggestion that Trump will stay in office if he loses in November barring any 2000 style shenanigans.

Yes, they're so unhappy with his stunt (along with all the other laws that he's broken) that they did *checks notes* literally nothing about it.

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30 minutes ago, Gaz said:

Yes, they're so unhappy with his stunt (along with all the other laws that he's broken) that they did *checks notes* literally nothing about it.

Anyone would think the Deep State was really a bit feeble.

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52 minutes ago, Gaz said:

Yes, they're so unhappy with his stunt (along with all the other laws that he's broken) that they did *checks notes* literally nothing about it.

Hang on @Gaz, some senators and army people expressed concern 

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4 minutes ago, madwullie said:

Hang on @Gaz, some senators and army people expressed concern 

I believe some of them may have uttered some mild words of discontent in private, with their own families.

Seriously, the thought that "Trump won't do this as it's against the law!" is massively flawed. He doesn't give two shits about the law. And why would he? Literally no-one in power holds him to any kind of account.

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2 hours ago, Sinner-to-Saint said:

 

It's enshrined in the Constitution, and many believe the Founding Fathers did so, not just in order to protect freedoms from being taken by the government, but so that the people could protect themselves if the government were unwilling to do so. 

Early Anglo settlers organised irregular units to brutally attack and destroy Indigenous groups. This led to the Second Amendment enshrining these irregular forces into law. So initially not to protect freedoms being taken by government but part of the attempt to forcibly eradicate Native Americans standing in the way of Manifest Destiny.

In Indian wars of mid to late 19th century, interestingly, the regular army stood by while local militias and settlers acting on their own used terror against Indigenous noncombatants.

The more things change, eh?

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3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

It's worth bearing in mind that this is mainly going on in American towns that we've barely heard of, and most of the country is chugging along as normal. Trump is desperately trying to build it up and stoke it because he's behind in the polls, and I doubt as many Americans are as keen on a "culture war" as he thinks. It could seriously backfire if suburban housewives with teenage sons hold him responsible. 

Except in Portland they have deployed basically a secret police force made up of federal employees with no proper training dubious rights to detain citizens and no names or badge numbers to identify them. If this was a country in the gulf we would probably be involved in destabilising the government instead we are sat back watching. 

 

Anyone know why the UN haven't sent observers in? This is usually their bag.

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12 hours ago, 101 said:

Except in Portland they have deployed basically a secret police force made up of federal employees with no proper training dubious rights to detain citizens and no names or badge numbers to identify them. If this was a country in the gulf we would probably be involved in destabilising the government instead we are sat back watching. 

 

Anyone know why the UN haven't sent observers in? This is usually their bag.

Miners' strike tactics 

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Just now, Mr. Alli said:

Her real account. Has now been banned from Twitter. 

Fucking idiot. 

This will now be blown out of all proportion and presented as the aim of blm. Some people who might have gone one way will now go another. 

I mean, as far as badness goes, it's clearly not a patch on shooting people but your littejohns etc aren't concerned by proportionality. 

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